I've found the same thing with ox-acetylene welding - though I've only been welding for 40+ years now, and only with MIG for the last year.
On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 11:46 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote: > Thanks, Hope you found it useful. > > With a bit of practice you can lay down a "stack of dimes" TIG weld with > it.. [OK.. maybe a "lot of practice".. haha.. ] > > Pretty TIG welds are a function of hand eye coordination that can only come > from practice.. measured in inches of weld laid down... I've been welding > for 50 years now, and if I don't do it for a while, I lay down a few inches > of ugly before it all comes back together... So, I recommend you weld > often.. go to the metal sales yard and pick up some cut offs for cheap to > just practice on.. often... > > On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 18:53:47 -0700 G Mann via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > As it happens, I have one of the Eastwood TIG welders. Picked it up on > a > > > special sale they were having, along with one of their plasma cutters.. > > > > > > It's a very passable TIG unit. It doesn't have anything close to the > > > "grunt" my Miller 500 amp TIG / Stick welder has...but it has solid > > > copper transformers and was built 50 yrs ago with an industrial > > > production duty cycle. So, no "apples to apples" comparison there. The > > > Eastwood does decent work.. isn't under powered for light work, the arc > > > is stable with little variation [all good stuff if you are making > pretty > > > welds and consistent penetration.] > > > > > > In all, I have to say, "It does the job nicely on 220 power." I have > not > > > even bothered to try it on 110... nor would I. > > > > Thank you, Grant, for the first-person review. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
